All Speakers
Martin KELLER BOCK
Presidente Junta Directiva y Representante Legal
Asociación de Reservas Naturales Privadas de Guatemala
President of the Association of Private Natural Reserves of Guatemala -ARNPG- since 2010. Experience in environmental issues and administration since 1995. Owner and Manager Cafeco, Administrator…
Achinthi VITHANAGE
Professor and Exec. Dir. of Envt'l Law Programs
Center for Environmental Legal Studies
Prior to joining Haub Law as the Associate Director of Environmental Law Programs, Professor Vithanage was a Visiting Associate Professor of Law and the first Environmental and Energy Law Fellow with…
Nalucha NGANGA-ZIBA
Country Director
WWF Zambia
Nalucha is an International Development practitioner with a specialization in public policy, human rights and gender. She has a professional career that spans over 15 years of senior-level…
Sonia PEñA MORENO
Director, Centre for Policy and Law
IUCN
Sonia is a Colombian and Italian national. She is the Director of IUCN's Centre for Policy and Law. Graduated from Political Sciences and Modern Languages at the University of Los Andes in…
Cecilia SáENZ
Coordinadora proyecto VOCES para América del Sur.
IUCN
I am an Ecuadorian professional with a background in International Political Sociology, having completed a master's degree in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I have over 12 years of experience in…
Rob SMALL
Director, People & Nature
Fauna & Flora
Rob Small is Director of Fauna & Flora’s People & Nature programme. This team of interdisciplinary specialists, supports projects and partners across 30 countries in the Americas and…
Aurora FERNANDEZ
Arquitecta
ASÍ Conserva Chile
Aurora Fernández Durán is the Executive Director of the King Penguin Nature Reserve and a board member of ASÍ Conserva Chile. She is an architect from the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso…
Matthew MITCHELL
Senior Researcher
Yas SeaWorld Research and Recue Center
I'm a Senior Researcher at the Yas SeaWorld Research and Rescue Center in Abu Dhabi, UAE. My work focuses on how individual fish respond both behaviorally and physiologically to changes in their…
Yolanda RAMIREZ VILLACORTA
Directora de Gestión del Conocimiento
AIDER
Anthropologist with academic training in Sociology, Amazonian Studies, Audiovisual Pedagogy, Gender, and Conservation.Extensive experience in: socioeconomic and cultural research of rural and…
Ana Marta TREMOCEIRO
Red List Programme Officer
IUCN
Red List professional at the IUCN Red List Unit, specializing in Portuguese and Spanish language assessments.
Anupama Rajya SHAHI
I am a young enthusiastic Environmentalist doing my Masters degree in Environmental Science in Pokhara University and working in various NGOs as Freelancer Environmentalist in numerous Environmental…
Verónica RUIZ GARCIA
Senior Programme Manager - Nature, Climate & People
IUCN Secretariat
Verónica Ruiz is the Senior Manager – Climate, Nature & People at IUCN, where she has worked since 2017. Trained in ecosystem management and experienced in climate strategies for communities and…
Prisca MUGABE
Associate Professor
PREZODE
Name: Prisca Hazvinei MUGABEPosition: Associate ProfessorInstitution: University of Zimbabwe , ZimbabweEducationDPhil: 1996, Rangeland Ecology and Management, Texas…
Kathy Lene CIELO
Deputy Executive Director
Mindoro Biodiversity Conservation Foundation Inc.
Kathy Lene Cielo, also fondly known to colleagues as Kyle, is a wildlife biologist with over 10 years of experience in conservation science and environmental management. She holds a B.Sc. in Wildlife…
Lucie SERIZIER
Youth Biodiversity Ambassador
Jeunes Ambassadeurs pour l'Environnement (JAE)
I graduated with a master's degree in Economic and Social Development Studies (IEDES) from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and a double bachelor's degree in Economics and Geography from the…
Arturo ARREOLA MUÑOZ
Dr.
Instituto para el Desarrollo Sustentable en Mesoamérica A.C. (IDESMAC)
Mexican geographer, graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Master of Science from the Autonomous University of Chapingo and PhD in…
Debasmita BORAL ROLLAND
Regional Portfolio Manager, GEF/GCF
IUCN Secretariat
Alfred KUKE
Governance and Engagement Manager
Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program
Alfred Kuke is a social worker by profession. Alfred worked in number of development NGOs in Papua New Guinea for over a decade. However, his passion for rural development, inclusive governance…
Yue FEI
Yue FEI
Ministry of Natural Resources of China
Dörte SEGEBART
Advisor
GIZ
Geographer (PhD), currently advisor at GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), focus on protected and conserved areas, governance, equity, human rights-based approaches. Over…
Kim GRUETZMACHER
Head of Division International Nature Conservation
BfN
Dr. Kim Gruetzmacher is Head of the Division for International Nature Conservation at the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, where she works with a dedicated team on a wide range of…
Benson KASYOKI
AWF-Wall Policy Fellow
African Wildlife Foundation-Voi
I am an advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a conservation enthusiast. Currently working with the African Wildlife Foundation and involved in managing the court monitoring program within the…
Tobias GARSTECKI
Director of Protected Area Planning and Management, Re:wild
Re:wild
Tobias Garstecki supports Re:wild’s partners to manage and govern protected and conserved areas effectively. This involves facilitating the development of management strategies and plans, helping to…
James DALTON
Global Director, Water and Wetlands
IUCN
James is the Global Director for Water and Wetlands at IUCN Headquarters near Geneva, Switzerland. With degrees in rural development, science and politics, and irrigation engineering—as well as…
Abdullah ALZAHRANI
grazing regulation manager
NCVC
I hold a PhD in Rangeland and Forest Sciences and an MSc in Biodiversity. I specialize in rangeland management and grazing regulation.I began my career in the field of natural sciences education as a…
Justyna MAKSIMIUK
GCELS Staff Intern
Pace University School of Law
My name is Justyna Maksimiuk and I am a GCELS Staff Intern and a co-author of Motion 33 (Port State Measures Regarding Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing). I have a law degree from the…
Mezna ALHEBSHI
Ekthar
Mezna Alhebshi recently joined Ekthar Wildlife, working under the conservation genetics department as a laboratory technician. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from Purdue University…
Patricia SEWE
Chief Operations Officer (COO)
WildlifeDirect
Trish Sewe is a seasoned communications and results-driven development professional with over 20 years of experience leading complex, high-impact projects in conservation and sustainable development…